If building your own home has always been your dream, but the lack of cash has turned it into a unlikely reality, then take a cue from Mattel industrial designer Debbie Glassberg who built her 2,600 square feet <a href="http://www.homecontained.com/">container home</a> out of five Chinese <a href="http://inhabitat.com/index.php?s=shipping+containers">shipping containers</a>. Located in Kansas City, this extraordinary dwelling has everything she and her family needs for fine living, with a lot of extra space and natural light to spare. Jump ahead for a look into the nouveau dwelling's chic and retro interiors!

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Industrial designer Debbie Glassberg's Texas Container Home

As you enter the residence, an open-plan living room featuring a collection of re-upholstered vintage furniture surprises visitors with style. The chosen shades of turquoise provide the room with an uplifting feeling, making the room shine.

Apart from being a house entirely made from repurposed containers, the green nature of the project is portrayed right at the entrance door featuring a modest front garden vegetable patch. But this is not the only space allocated for growing vegetables, a long rooftop edible garden, with easy access from the top floor rooms, is already growing fast.

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Industrial designer Debbie Glassberg's Texas Container Home

An outside porch sitting area is the perfect place to spend long summer day outdoors.

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Industrial designer Debbie Glassberg's Texas Container Home

Back inside the house a white narrow kitchen has been equipped with energy efficient appliances and large windows.

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Industrial designer Debbie Glassberg's Texas Container Home

On the top floor there are 2 bedrooms, an office and a bathroom.

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Industrial designer Debbie Glassberg's Texas Container Home

The master bedroom was built using two containers.

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Industrial designer Debbie Glassberg's Texas Container Home

The master bedroom's bathroom was covered in Venetian glass tiles - easy to keep clean and complimenting the marine shades chosen for the rest of the home.

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Industrial designer Debbie Glassberg's Texas Container Home

As a contrast to the rest of the house, a bright red spare room is the place for entertaining friends and watch TV, in an oriental styled atmosphere.

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Industrial designer Debbie Glassberg's Texas Container Home

It all started with a few piled containers that after three years of hard work, insulation and love, became a family home.

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Industrial designer Debbie Glassberg's Texas Container Home

If building your own home has always been your dream, but the lack of cash has turned it into a unlikely reality, then take a cue from Mattel industrial designer Debbie Glassberg who built her 2,600 square feet container home out of five Chinese shipping containers. Located in Kansas City, this extraordinary dwelling has everything she and her family needs for fine living, with a lot of extra space and natural light to spare. Jump ahead for a look into the nouveau dwelling's chic and retro interiors!